WO1999015006A1 - Plastics horseshoe - Google Patents

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WO1999015006A1
WO1999015006A1 PCT/GB1998/002778 GB9802778W WO9915006A1 WO 1999015006 A1 WO1999015006 A1 WO 1999015006A1 GB 9802778 W GB9802778 W GB 9802778W WO 9915006 A1 WO9915006 A1 WO 9915006A1
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Ernest Fergus Logan
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Giltspur Scientific Limited
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Priority to AU90879/98A priority Critical patent/AU729037C/en
Priority to AT98942914T priority patent/ATE227507T1/en
Priority to CA002303150A priority patent/CA2303150C/en
Priority to US09/486,768 priority patent/US6349773B1/en
Priority to BR9812830-2A priority patent/BR9812830A/en
Priority to NZ503135A priority patent/NZ503135A/en
Priority to EP98942914A priority patent/EP1017273B1/en
Priority to DK98942914T priority patent/DK1017273T3/en
Priority to DE69809454T priority patent/DE69809454T2/en
Publication of WO1999015006A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999015006A1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01L—SHOEING OF ANIMALS
    • A01L5/00—Horseshoes made of elastic materials
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S168/00—Farriery
    • Y10S168/01—Nonmetallic
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/29—Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand, strand portion, rod, filament, macroscopic fiber or mass thereof
    • Y10T428/2913—Rod, strand, filament or fiber
    • Y10T428/2922—Nonlinear [e.g., crimped, coiled, etc.]
    • Y10T428/2925—Helical or coiled

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  • the present invention relates to a plastics horseshoe.
  • a plastics horseshoe offers advantages over a conventional metal horseshoe in that it is lighter in weight, and can be more easily fitted to a horse's hoof as the plastics material is readily formed into the correct shape.
  • Plastics horseshoes can be glued to a hoof, so that they do not require a farrier to fit them, and can avoid damage to hooves caused by nails.
  • a plastics horseshoe cannot readily be manipulated to fit a wide variety of hoof sizes. It is therefore necessary to produce a plastics horseshoe in a range of sizes, or to provide some means by which the size may be readily adapted.
  • One such plastics horseshoe currently on the market requires the horses hoof to be placed on a pad and traced so that the pad can then be cut to the appropriate size. Individual tabs are then welded at intervals around the base. Each tab is then glued to the horse's hoof in order to retain the horseshoe in place. It is time consuming to fit such a shoe, wasteful of material, and requires a number of parts to be supplied for each shoe.
  • the present invention aims to provide a way in which a plastics horseshoe can be fitted to a whole range of hoof sizes which is simple in construction and which is easy to fit.
  • a stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes comprises a helical coil of plastics material wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially corresponds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane.
  • a stock is supplied to an end user who can then cut off a portion of the helix, the circumferential length of which depends upon the size of the hoof of the horse to be shod.
  • the horseshoe can then be fitted to the exact shape of the hoof by manipulating the plastics material in a number of simple ways which may be used individually or in combination.
  • the two ends of the horseshoe can be pulled apart against the resilience of the material so that the horseshoe can be fitted onto a hoof. Once the horseshoe is placed over the hoof, the horseshoe can be released and the resilience of the material will ensure that the shoe grips the hoof.
  • the horseshoe may be of a material which is readily plastically deformable, so that it can be plastically deformed to fit the shape of the hoof.
  • the plastics material may be such that the horseshoe requires heating, for example in hot water or using a blow-torch, before it can be adequately plastically deformed.
  • the shoe may be attached to the horse's hoof using an adhesive. In this way, damage done to the hoof by nailing the shoe in place can be avoided. However, if it is necessary to nail the shoe in place, then this can be done.
  • a cement can be introduced into the shoe before it is placed on the hoof, so that the pressure of the hoof within the shoe will push the cement into any gaps between the shoe and the hoof thereby ensuring a tight fit.
  • the part of the horseshoe to be attached to the sole of the hoof will be skewed from a planar state, and will have to be twisted into a planar state so that it can be attached to the underside of the hoof.
  • the plastics material can be elastically deformable and the stock formed so as to be pre-tensioned so that the horseshoe automatically reverts to a planar state when it is out from the stock, or it can be plastically deformable so that it can be bent into this planar state.
  • the memory of the plastics material may be such that, upon heating, the sole twists into the planar state.
  • the stock is configured such that the horseshoes cut from it are simply a base having a flat cross section which can be fastened to the underside of the hoof.
  • an outer wall extends upwardly and radially inwardly from the radially outermost edge of the base portion.
  • Such an outer wall will, in use, cover the lower part of the hoof and will facilitate the fixing of the shoe if it is to be adhered to the hoof. If this wall is continuous, it allows a farrier greater freedom for the placement of nails than a shoe having discrete tabs, so that weak areas of the hoof can be avoided. Also, parts of the continuous wall can be removed to prevent weight bearing on and to allow air to get to damaged or infected parts of a hoof without unduly weakening the shoe.
  • the outer wall may be such that its cross section increases away from the base.
  • the thinner lowermost portion of this wall means that the wall can be more readily manipulated into the correct position, while the thicker upper portion of the wall is such that it is more difficult to peel away from the hoof once the shoe is glued in place.
  • An inner wall may extend radially upwardly and inwardly from the radially innermost edge of the base to protect the softer innermost part of the hoof .
  • the invention also extends to a method of manufacturing a stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes, the method comprising extruding a plastics material into a helical coil wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially corresponds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane.
  • Extruding the stock provides a simple method of producing the helical structure as it allows complex cross sections to be manufactured.
  • it is preferable to ensure that the flow path length within the die of the portion which is to form the radially outermost part of the helix is shorter than the flow path within the die for the portion of the die which is to form the radially innermost part of the helix. This ensures that the flow at the radially outermost part is faster than the flow of the radially innermost part thereby creating the curved structure.
  • the plastics material is preferably a polymer or copolymer such as PVC or polyurethane.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the stock
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a horseshoe cut from the stock.
  • Fig. 3 is an underneath plan of the horseshoe.
  • the stock is extruded with the appropriate cross section into a helical coil, and is supplied in this form to the end user.
  • the end user cuts off an appropriate circumferential length depending upon the size of the hoof of the horse to be shod.
  • the cut off portion is manipulated from the slightly twisted form in which it is part of the coil to the untwisted form having a flat base as shown in Fig. 2.
  • the horse shoe can be applied to the horse's hoof.
  • the plastics material may be further manipulated in order to fit the shoe correctly on the hoof. Gaps between the hoof and the shoe can be filled with cement.
  • the external diameter of the helical coil is less than the external diameter of the average shoe for the type or breed of horse.
  • the ends of the shoe have to be pulled apart to enlarge the shoe so that it can be fitted onto the hoof.
  • the resilience of the plastics material then ensures that the shoe tightly grips the hoof.
  • the circumferential length of material cut from the stock is shorter and requires plastic deformation in order to fit snugly around the hoof.
  • a longer circumferential length is cut from the stock, and the shoe may need to be heated and stretched plastically.
  • the illustrated profile has a base 1 with a fullering 2.
  • An outer wall 3 extends upwardly and inwardly from the radially outermost edge of the base and provides some protection for the lower part of the hoof.
  • this wall 3 provides a large surface area between the shoe and the hoof so that the shoe can be readily attached using an adhesive. Furthermore, this large surface area allows the farrier to remove certain areas of the shoe in order to expose any damage or infection of the hoof so as to allow it to heal more quickly.
  • An inner wall 4 projects upwardly and radially inwardly from the innermost edge of the base 1 to provide protection for the softer underside of the hoof.

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Abstract

A stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes, the stock comprising a helical coil of plastics material wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially correpsonds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane.

Description

PLASTICS HORSESHOE
The present invention relates to a plastics horseshoe. A plastics horseshoe offers advantages over a conventional metal horseshoe in that it is lighter in weight, and can be more easily fitted to a horse's hoof as the plastics material is readily formed into the correct shape. Plastics horseshoes can be glued to a hoof, so that they do not require a farrier to fit them, and can avoid damage to hooves caused by nails.
However, unlike a metal horseshoe, a plastics horseshoe cannot readily be manipulated to fit a wide variety of hoof sizes. It is therefore necessary to produce a plastics horseshoe in a range of sizes, or to provide some means by which the size may be readily adapted. One such plastics horseshoe currently on the market requires the horses hoof to be placed on a pad and traced so that the pad can then be cut to the appropriate size. Individual tabs are then welded at intervals around the base. Each tab is then glued to the horse's hoof in order to retain the horseshoe in place. It is time consuming to fit such a shoe, wasteful of material, and requires a number of parts to be supplied for each shoe.
The present invention aims to provide a way in which a plastics horseshoe can be fitted to a whole range of hoof sizes which is simple in construction and which is easy to fit.
According to the present invention a stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes comprises a helical coil of plastics material wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially corresponds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane. Such a stock is supplied to an end user who can then cut off a portion of the helix, the circumferential length of which depends upon the size of the hoof of the horse to be shod. The horseshoe can then be fitted to the exact shape of the hoof by manipulating the plastics material in a number of simple ways which may be used individually or in combination. If the plastics material is resilient, and the internal radius of the portion cut from the helix is less than the external radius of the hoof, the two ends of the horseshoe can be pulled apart against the resilience of the material so that the horseshoe can be fitted onto a hoof. Once the horseshoe is placed over the hoof, the horseshoe can be released and the resilience of the material will ensure that the shoe grips the hoof. Secondly, the horseshoe may be of a material which is readily plastically deformable, so that it can be plastically deformed to fit the shape of the hoof. The plastics material may be such that the horseshoe requires heating, for example in hot water or using a blow-torch, before it can be adequately plastically deformed.
The shoe may be attached to the horse's hoof using an adhesive. In this way, damage done to the hoof by nailing the shoe in place can be avoided. However, if it is necessary to nail the shoe in place, then this can be done. A cement can be introduced into the shoe before it is placed on the hoof, so that the pressure of the hoof within the shoe will push the cement into any gaps between the shoe and the hoof thereby ensuring a tight fit.
It is believed that only three different diameters of stock would need to be produced in order to shoe the entire range of horse sizes from Shetland ponies to shire horses. This represents a considerable saving in mould costs over other plastics shoes.
When the horseshoe is cut from the helical stock, the part of the horseshoe to be attached to the sole of the hoof will be skewed from a planar state, and will have to be twisted into a planar state so that it can be attached to the underside of the hoof. Again, the plastics material can be elastically deformable and the stock formed so as to be pre-tensioned so that the horseshoe automatically reverts to a planar state when it is out from the stock, or it can be plastically deformable so that it can be bent into this planar state. Alternatively, the memory of the plastics material may be such that, upon heating, the sole twists into the planar state.
In the simplest form, the stock is configured such that the horseshoes cut from it are simply a base having a flat cross section which can be fastened to the underside of the hoof. However, more sophisticated shapes can be formed, so that, for example, an outer wall extends upwardly and radially inwardly from the radially outermost edge of the base portion. Such an outer wall will, in use, cover the lower part of the hoof and will facilitate the fixing of the shoe if it is to be adhered to the hoof. If this wall is continuous, it allows a farrier greater freedom for the placement of nails than a shoe having discrete tabs, so that weak areas of the hoof can be avoided. Also, parts of the continuous wall can be removed to prevent weight bearing on and to allow air to get to damaged or infected parts of a hoof without unduly weakening the shoe.
The outer wall may be such that its cross section increases away from the base. The thinner lowermost portion of this wall means that the wall can be more readily manipulated into the correct position, while the thicker upper portion of the wall is such that it is more difficult to peel away from the hoof once the shoe is glued in place.
An inner wall may extend radially upwardly and inwardly from the radially innermost edge of the base to protect the softer innermost part of the hoof .
The invention also extends to a method of manufacturing a stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes, the method comprising extruding a plastics material into a helical coil wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially corresponds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane.
Extruding the stock provides a simple method of producing the helical structure as it allows complex cross sections to be manufactured. In order to produce the curved structure of the helix from an extruding die, it is preferable to ensure that the flow path length within the die of the portion which is to form the radially outermost part of the helix is shorter than the flow path within the die for the portion of the die which is to form the radially innermost part of the helix. This ensures that the flow at the radially outermost part is faster than the flow of the radially innermost part thereby creating the curved structure. The plastics material is preferably a polymer or copolymer such as PVC or polyurethane.
An example of a stock and method constructed in accordance with the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the stock;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a horseshoe cut from the stock; and
Fig. 3 is an underneath plan of the horseshoe.
As shown in Fig. 1 the stock is extruded with the appropriate cross section into a helical coil, and is supplied in this form to the end user.
The end user cuts off an appropriate circumferential length depending upon the size of the hoof of the horse to be shod. The cut off portion is manipulated from the slightly twisted form in which it is part of the coil to the untwisted form having a flat base as shown in Fig. 2. In this form the horse shoe can be applied to the horse's hoof. The plastics material may be further manipulated in order to fit the shoe correctly on the hoof. Gaps between the hoof and the shoe can be filled with cement.
The external diameter of the helical coil is less than the external diameter of the average shoe for the type or breed of horse. When the shoe is fitted to an average size hoof, the ends of the shoe have to be pulled apart to enlarge the shoe so that it can be fitted onto the hoof. The resilience of the plastics material then ensures that the shoe tightly grips the hoof. On the other hand, if a smaller than average hoof is to be shod, the circumferential length of material cut from the stock is shorter and requires plastic deformation in order to fit snugly around the hoof. For a larger than average hoof a longer circumferential length is cut from the stock, and the shoe may need to be heated and stretched plastically. The illustrated profile has a base 1 with a fullering 2. An outer wall 3 extends upwardly and inwardly from the radially outermost edge of the base and provides some protection for the lower part of the hoof. In addition, this wall 3 provides a large surface area between the shoe and the hoof so that the shoe can be readily attached using an adhesive. Furthermore, this large surface area allows the farrier to remove certain areas of the shoe in order to expose any damage or infection of the hoof so as to allow it to heal more quickly. An inner wall 4 projects upwardly and radially inwardly from the innermost edge of the base 1 to provide protection for the softer underside of the hoof.

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1. A stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes, the stock comprising a helical
, coil of plastics material wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially corresponds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane.
2. A stock according to claim 1, wherein the plastics material is resilient.
3. A stock according to claim 1, wherein the plastics material is readily plastically deformable, so that it can be plastically deformed to fit the shape of the hoof.
4. A stock according to claim 1, wherein the plastics material is elastically deformable and the stock is formed so as to be pre-tensioned so that the horseshoe automatically reverts to a planar state when it is out from the stock.
5. A stock according to claim 1, wherein the memory of the plastics material is such that, upon heating, the sole twists into a planar state.
6. A stock according to any one of the preceding claims, which is configured such that the horseshoes cut from it consist only of a base having a flat cross section which can be fastened to the underside of the hoof.
7. A stock according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the stock is configured such that the horseshoes cut from it comprise a base (1) having a flat cross section which can be fastened to the underside of the hoof, and an outer wall (3) extending upwardly and radially inwardly from the radially outermost edge of the base portion.
8. A stock according to claim 7, wherein the outer wall (3) is continuous.
9. A stock according to claim 7 or claim 8 , wherein the outer wall (3) has a cross section which increases in thickness away from the base (1) .
10. A stock according to any one of claims 7 to 9 , further comprising an inner wall (4) extending radially upwardly and inwardly from the radially innermost edge of the base
(1).
11. A method of shoeing a horse, the method comprising the steps of cutting the horseshoe of the appropriate length from a stock according to any one of the preceding claims, introducing a cement into the horseshoe, and pressing the shoe onto a hoof, so that the pressure of the hoof within the shoe will push the cement into any gaps between the shoe and hoof thereby ensuring a tight fit.
12. A method of manufacturing a stock from which circumferential lengths can be cut to be used as horseshoes, the method comprising extruding a plastics material into a helical coil wound about an axis such that the cross section of the coil in a plane containing the axis is constant in shape for any such plane and substantially corresponds to the cross section of a horseshoe in the same plane.
13. A method according to claim 11, wherein the plastics material is extruded from an extruding dye in which the flow path length within the dye of the portion which is to form the radially outermost part of the helix is shorter than the flow path within the dye for the portion of the dye which is to form the radially innermost part of the helix.
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AU90879/98A AU729037C (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastics horseshoe
AT98942914T ATE227507T1 (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 PLASTIC HORSESHOES
CA002303150A CA2303150C (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastics horseshoe
US09/486,768 US6349773B1 (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastics horseshoe
BR9812830-2A BR9812830A (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastic horseshoe
NZ503135A NZ503135A (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastics horseshoe
EP98942914A EP1017273B1 (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastics horseshoe
DK98942914T DK1017273T3 (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 Plastic horseshoes
DE69809454T DE69809454T2 (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-14 PLASTIC HORSESHOE

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